CVE-2017-16088

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

The safe-eval module describes itself as a safer version of eval. By accessing the object constructors, un-sanitized user input can access the entire standard library and effectively break out of the sandbox.

The safe-eval module describes itself as a safer version of eval. By accessing the object constructors, un-sanitized user input can access the entire standard library and effectively break out of the sandbox.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

safe-eval Project safe-eval

First reported 7 years ago

2018-06-07 02:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-09 23:24:00

Affected Software

safe-eval Project safe-eval 0.0.0 for Node.js

0.0.0
node.js

safe-eval Project safe-eval 0.1.0 for Node.js

0.1.0
node.js

safe-eval Project safe-eval 0.2.0 for Node.js

0.2.0
node.js

safe-eval Project safe-eval 0.3.0 for Node.js

0.3.0
node.js

References

https://github.com/hacksparrow/safe-eval/issues/5

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/59

Third Party Advisory

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/337

Third Party Advisory

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